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How much tea does Turkey (Türkiye) produce?

Turkey (Türkiye) is the 5th largest producer of tea: 1.4 million tonnes in 2024, 4.3% of the world's 32.7 million tonnes (FAOSTAT).

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Turkey (Türkiye)'s tea production

Turkey (Türkiye) tea production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
51.4 million tonnes4.3%+1.1% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Turkey (Türkiye) tea production monthly prices, tonnes, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of turkey (türkiye) tea production monthly prices in tonnes from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: Turkey (Türkiye) tea production from 5,450 to 1,414,000, peaking at 1,480,534.0500,0001,000,0001,500,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020tonnes
Turkey (Türkiye) tea production

Share of world output over time

Turkey (Türkiye)'s share of world tea production in selected years
19902000201020202024
4.9%5.9%6.7%5%4.3%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 1.5%, 1970s 3.6%, 1980s 5.1%, 1990s 6.1%, 2000s 6.6%, 2010s 5.5%, 2020s 4.5%. See the concentration-over-time report.

How much tea Turkey (Türkiye) uses

Turkey (Türkiye)'s domestic supply of tea was 1.8 million tonnes in 2023, 5.3% of the world's. Food supply was 20 kg per person a year, 5th highest of 138 countries with a million or more people. It produced 99% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 1%. FAO's item is "Tea (including mate)". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

The tea price Turkey (Türkiye) sells into

The benchmark price, Average of three auctions, was $2.85/kg in September 2026, down 3% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 19% a year, calmer in 55% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Tea price history.

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